by Jane Howatt | Mar 14, 2024 | Crime Writing
A Frightening Visage February 4, 2024. Camarillo, California. I looked at our dogs nibbling at their breakfast like finicky ladies displeased with their salad dressing. No question my time would be better spent researching the criminal history of serial killer, Bill... 
by Jane Howatt | Jan 24, 2024 | Crime Writing
The Man Called “Jigsaw” January 22, 2024. Camarillo, California. I sat at my desk with all my four dogs snuggled beside me. Also beside me were stacks and piles of research material and photos scattered like leaves after a windstorm. I wanted to use a few photos as... 
by Jane Howatt | Jan 9, 2024 | Crime Writing
Jigsaw and Jane Fish and Write at the Klamath River December, 2023. Camarillo, California. The chaos and clutter of Christmas filled my house, my brain and my life with unreachable deadlines. My original plan for this blog was not to focus on Detective St. John’s... 
by JHowatt | Nov 30, 2023 | Crime Writing
The Power of a Hunch: Don’t Give up on a Disease or a Dream On October 1, 2021, I read an article in the Washington Post by Carolyn Y. Johnson titled: A Scientific Hunch. Then Silence. Until the World Needed a Lifesaving Vaccine.” I pulled the article closer and... 
by JHowatt | Nov 17, 2023 | Crime Writing
The Wise Person Spoke Augusta State University. Augusta, Georgia. Counseling Center, May 1999. I stashed my purse on the floor and opened my notebook prepared to write notes on Dr. Bonnie Blanton’s lecture: Career Development Theory and Practice. Outside, the first... 
by JHowatt | Sep 29, 2023 | Crime Writing
Dining with a Serial Killer? Murder’s on the Menu. In my last blog post, I intentionally put tables as the story’s focus. Why would an author decide to put tables as the centerpiece of a post about which must be the most unappetizing genre: true crime? The...